comble
Meanings
Noun
1. summit, peak (of a building)
2. pinnacle (figuratively)
3. overabundance; overload
4. comble (heraldry)
Examples9
C'est le comble du luxe.
It's the height of luxury.
Sa patience atteignit son comble.
His patience reached its tipping point.
L'hystérie est à son comble.
Hysteria is at fever pitch.
La simplicité est le comble du raffinement.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Elle perdit son chemin, et pour comble de malchance, il se mit à pleuvoir.
She lost her way and on top of that it began to rain.
J'étais au comble de l'inconfort.
I was in an agony of discomfort.